Once officers realized the couple was at the motel, they called for a SWAT team and hostage negotiators.

Officers evacuated the hotel and a three-hour standoff ensued. A SWAT team robot eventually entered the room and found the bodies.

Police said the deaths appear to be a murder-suicide.

"Could have been a potential disaster for law enforcement," said Daytona Beach Deputy Police Chief Craig Capri.

Capri said Reddock, along with his wife, Samantha, were holed up in a motel room and were armed to the teeth.

Officers found an AK-47, an assault rifle, pistols, a shotgun and plenty of ammunition inside the motel room, police said.

"I can't believe all the weapons that were in that room and what could have happened to that community if he decided to start opening fire randomly out here," Capri said.

Investigators believe Reddock murdered his father in Ponte Vedra Beach Wednesday night and fled to Daytona Beach with his wife.

Local police were at the motel Thursday morning to serve an unrelated search warrant, and while running a vehicle tag in the parking lot, learned it was being sought and that the suspects were in the room next door to where they were serving the warrant.

"We saw the curtains move, quite noticeably. You could tell somebody was in there, looked like two people were in the room," Capri said.

The SWAT team moved in, along with a negotiator, but the suspects would not respond, even after police shot tear gas in the room. A robot finally breached the door and the bodies were discovered.

"Seemed like a really good guy. Pretty cool," said Robert Lee, who stays in a room two doors down from where the suspects were. Lee shared a beer with Joseph Reddock Wednesday night.

There is no indication that the suspect was on the run or armed, until Lee was evacuated this morning.

"Lucky to be alive. Sat there and shared a beer with the guy, he could have killed me next, you know?" Lee said.